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School funding: ‘Serious questions’ for government over £100m bailouts

Ministers have “serious questions to answer” over school funding bailouts for five councils, Labour has said, with calls for...

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Tom Belger
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Headteacher vacancies fall despite Covid exodus fears

Fears of a Covid-fuelled mass exodus of headteachers this summer may be wide of the mark, although new figures...

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Tom Belger
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Schools in minister’s own constituency £130k worse-off under pupil premium change

Schools in Nick Gibb’s own constituency face being £130,000 worse off under his department’s controversial change to how it...

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Tom Belger
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School trip funding plummets under government’s Turing scheme

School leaders say pupils will miss life-changing experiences with funding set aside for overseas trips slashed by two thirds...

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Tom Belger
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DfE to spend £7m on hundreds more school cost-cutting consultants

The Department for Education will spend £7 million expanding its army of cost-cutting consultants by up to 600 –...

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Tom Belger
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Councils in deficit told to find SEND savings in exchange for £100m bailouts

Five councils have been told to cut special needs and disabilities (SEND) spending and reform services in exchange for...

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Tom Belger
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RSC says no: Fairview academy conversion blocked over local concerns

A school’s bid to become an academy has been turned down because it was “at odds with the community”...

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Tom Belger
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School claimed furlough cash then gave £64k payout to head

A junior school that claimed nearly £100,000 of furlough cash because of the “dramatic and potentially catastrophic” financial impact...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger